Wheelbarrow



(No Model.)

JQ DUPUY.

WHEELBARROW.

Patented Feb. 26, 1889 Wfinessea:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN DUPUY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WHEELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,773, dated February 26, 1889.

Application filed July 17, 1888. Serial No 280,194 (No model.)

To all whom it may CO7ZC677L.

Be it known that I, JOHN DUPUY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have invented a new and useful Wheelbarrow, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention relates especially to hand-propelling barrows, and has for its object the production of a device wherein the hopper or body of the barrow, when loaded, is centered over the axis of the wheel, and the weight of the load is taken from the hands or arms of the workman in propelling the barrow.

To attain this end my invention consists, essentially, in constructing the wheel of greater diameter than those heretofore used in implements of this class and in journaling its axis in hangers that depend from the under side of the barrow near the upper end of the thills or handles. By this construction the weight of the load will be thrown forward and balanced directly over the axis of the wheel when the handles are raised in the act of F moving the barrow, in consequence of which a load is more easily propelled than in other barrows heretofore used.

In the drawings that form part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved wheell'iarrow. and Fig. 2 a plan or top view.

The tray or hopper A is let into the upper B I), and the stiffening-braces G G for the faces of the thills or handles I; l), which are cut with a slight inclination forward from the handles toward the outer tips. The lower faces have similar inclination, and the two are connected together by cross-bars C C with countersunk and butt joints. The tray is properly secured in place by screws or bolts.

The wheel D, having much greater diameter than the wheel in an ordinary wheelbarrow, has its axle D journaled in the hangers E E, that are let into the thills near their upper ends and depend therefrom in a vertical or nearly vertical position, as shown in the side view, Fig. 1, of the drawings, so that when the load ed barrow is tilted for trundling the weight is thrown forward and balanced over the axle in such position that the arms of the workman are relieved and his strength is applied principally to propel the barrow without having to support the load besides. The thills or handles F F are set at an angle, so that the tray is in position for easy loading when the legs F F rest on the ground. The legs have an angle of about thirty degrees, and are stiffened by braces G G. As thus constructed, it will be seen that the tray is brought over the wheel when tilted for trundling and its center comes over or nearly over the axle; but with the legs resting on the groundin the position for loading the tray is forward of the aXle, and is at convenient height for placing the load on it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a wheelbarrow, the combination of the thills or handles B B, the hopper A, carried thereby, the vertically-depending hangers E E, secured to the outer ends thereof, the large wheel D, whose axle is journaled in said hangers, the inclined legs F F, secured to handles legs, substantially as described.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JOHN DUPTJY. [L. s]

Vitnesses:

C. W. M. SMITH, R. W. l-lINroN. 

